Safely Evolving Legacy Code

Scott Sauber
A new request comes in. It’s for “that app.” You know the one. The one nobody wants to touch, because the code is a mess and yet the application is business critical. In this talk, the fancy technologies will be put to the side, and instead the reality most people live in will be acknowledged. You’ll learn how we can evolve legacy code from the state it’s in today to the value we need to get from it tomorrow.
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Software Factories: What They Are and When You’re Ready for One

Patrick Robinson
In this Lean BYTES, Patrick Robinson will talk through what software factories are, where they sit in your agentic engineering maturity and how to get there.